The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-06
CAPITAL CITY CRAYONS.
The Proposed Sale of the state Road
Hardships of Convicts.

HardShipS OF ConV1ctS.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug 5.-The sub-Finance
Committee of the House, charged with con-
sdering bills for the sale and lease of the
State road, has agreed to report a resolution
authorizing the Governor to advertise for
bids for the sale or lease of the road. the
bids to he published before the next Legis-
lature convenes, and the final disposal Cf
the whole matter to be left to that body.
The resolution will require a forfeit with all
bids for lease or sale as guarantee OF good
faith. The committee Will also recommend
a commission to make an inventory of the
property of the road and have a conference
with President Brown to find out just what
his claim is.
The Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Investigating Committee held its first session
to-day since last winter The committee
decided to meet next Monday and prepare "A
report on the charges against MesSls. Rankin
d Fain, and decide upon the procaedure on
the second branch of the investigation per
tanning to the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad.
THE PENITENTIARY INVESTIGATION.
The Penitentiary Investigating Commit
tee had before them this afternoon Supt.
Nelms, who desired to make statement i'll
regard to the assertion Wednesday by w.
ID. Grant that when his convictS were turned
over to the purchasers in 1884 Mr.. Nelms,
then principal keeper, was present and acted
for Mr.. Brown in selecting and dividing his
convicts. Mr.. helms says Mr.. Grant made
this statement ignorantly or he wilfully
lied, one or the other. He was before tie
committee simply to set himself right. He
did not intend for Mr.. Grant or any other
man to misrepresent him or place him in
false position.
PRESENT ONLY AS AN OFFICIAL.
He was present on the occasion referred
to simply as State officer in the discharge
of his duty. Mr. Towers was put ON the
stand in regard to the charges that convicts
had been worked on Sunday. He said be
fore the investigation began TINT he had
only heard of that being done at Cedartown
Since the investigation began he has learned
that it has been done at Rising Fawn
Capt English stated touching his
camps that at the brick yards
i'll burning brick the work has
to go on and certain of the convicts who
are skilled work on Sunday under sanction
of Gov. Mcdaniel and are paid for it, but
none of this work is compulsory. The only
other work on Sunday is cooking, cleaning
up the barracks and inside yard and look
ing after the stock.
The Governor to-day granted the order
pardoning Henry Redding Houston, a negro
who has been in the penitentiary nineteen
years for arson, of which he was illegally
convicted.
The Adjutant General has received from
Washington the muster rolls of the Fourth
and Fifth regiments of Georgia volunteers.
An Executive reward of 800 has been
offered for the unknown murderer of w. r.
Clemmons, the negro preacher killed here
on the night of July 20
j. j. Brener was to-day commissioned
Captain of the Scriven Troop.
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.
Clifford Anderson, son of Hon. Clifford
Anderson, the Attorney Generate Georgia.
was unanimously elected Captain of the
Gate City Guard tonight.
Mary CONNER, n working girl, swOre out
a warrant for seduction to-day against Egg
bert Kirby. Kirby is a clerk in the Buck
ley spice mills, Office on South Pryor
street. The girl came from South
Carolina several months ago and applied
for position in the office. She was friend
less, moneyless and an orphan. For this
reason she was given a place. Bucilcy's
suspicious were aroused that all was not
right by a note written some time ago by
Mary CONNER to Egbcrt Kirby which
note he picked up by accident Oh the floor
He charged them with the crime They do
MED it, but when the note was produced
both confessed. The girl was sent to her
brother in South Carolina. who sent her
Dack TO Atlanta. she asked Kirby to repair
the wrong. He declined and then she swore
out the warrant. Kirby is about 26 years
old
J. II. Strand, of the Markham House wine
room, Sid J. Holland, of the Bonanza wine
room, and John 7. Conally, of the New Era
wine rooms were all arrested to-day by de-
tectives for selling spirituous, malt and in
toxicating1iquor. Violations of the prohi-
bition law have become more frequent since
the wine room men have found out that the
threats to send them to iail are only a bluff